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D.A. Good
1982
Journal
Shuswap Lake, B.C., cont'
6 July (cont')
out to Copper Island and spent 4 hours turning rocks
and logs. We found 6 ligards: 1 jigsaw and 5 adults.
The island is essentially a big rock sticking ca. 450 ft-
out of the middle of Shuswap Lake. It is ca. 2 mi in
circumference and is clothed with Douglas fir, ponderosa
pine and red cedar with paper birches, etc mixed in.
In the area where we found the ligards the trees were
c.a. 80% Douglas fir + 20% ponderosa pine. The rocks
on the island is of a sort that breaks into broad, flat segments
and it was under these that we found most of the ligards.
They seemed to prefer areas where rocks (and logs) were
lying on soil rather than on other rocks - so the talus
slopes which were very common on the island were not
very rewarding.
The most interesting animal life observed on the
island other than ligards were 5 ospreys which were
disturbed by our presence and circled around for some
time screaming.
We returned to the Lodge at 1330 and then returned
to the campground, where we relaxed for the rest of the
day.
The weather has improved immensely, varying from
overcast (without rain) to clear sky w/scattered clouds.
Shuswap Lake To Kettle River Campground, British Columbia
7 July
Spent The day today driving south from Shuswap
Lake along Hwy 17 to Lepreau, then E on 3 to Hwy 33